The Core: The great portion explosion... and how it’s making us all fat

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Do you remember back in 2008 when Mars shrunk their standard Mars Bar from
62.5g to 58g? There was outcry. The company was accused short-changing the
public (the smaller bars were not reduced in price). Mars denied it at first
of course saying the reduction in size was aimed at tackling obesity, but
they soon reluctantly revealed that rising manufacturing costs had in fact
forced the move.

They started a trend. Mars’s weight loss was followed by a spate of sudden
chocolate shrinkages, which saw many of our favourites diminished from their
former bulk. And just a couple of weeks